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First lattice calculation of the QED corrections to Leptonic decay rates

First lattice calculation of the QED corrections to Leptonic decay rates
First lattice calculation of the QED corrections to Leptonic decay rates

The leading-order electromagnetic and strong isospin-breaking corrections to the ratio of Kμ2 and πμ2 decay rates are evaluated for the first time on the lattice, following a method recently proposed. The lattice results are obtained using the gauge ensembles produced by the European Twisted Mass Collaboration with Nf=2+1+1 dynamical quarks. Systematic effects are evaluated and the impact of the quenched QED approximation is estimated. Our result for the correction to the tree-level Kμ2/πμ2 decay ratio is -1.22(16)%, to be compared to the estimate of -1.12(21)% based on chiral perturbation theory and adopted by the Particle Data Group.

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Giusti, D.
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Giusti, D., Lubicz, V., Tarantino, C., Martinelli, G., Sachrajda, C.T., Sanfilippo, F., Simula, S. and Tantalo, N. (2018) First lattice calculation of the QED corrections to Leptonic decay rates. Physical Review Letters, 120 (7), 1-6, [072001]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.072001).

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The leading-order electromagnetic and strong isospin-breaking corrections to the ratio of Kμ2 and πμ2 decay rates are evaluated for the first time on the lattice, following a method recently proposed. The lattice results are obtained using the gauge ensembles produced by the European Twisted Mass Collaboration with Nf=2+1+1 dynamical quarks. Systematic effects are evaluated and the impact of the quenched QED approximation is estimated. Our result for the correction to the tree-level Kμ2/πμ2 decay ratio is -1.22(16)%, to be compared to the estimate of -1.12(21)% based on chiral perturbation theory and adopted by the Particle Data Group.

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Accepted/In Press date: 27 December 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 February 2018
Published date: 2018

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/418407
ISSN: 0031-9007
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Date deposited: 07 Mar 2018 17:30
Last modified: 05 Jun 2024 19:20

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Author: D. Giusti
Author: V. Lubicz
Author: C. Tarantino
Author: G. Martinelli
Author: C.T. Sachrajda
Author: F. Sanfilippo
Author: S. Simula
Author: N. Tantalo

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